WEBVTT AMILY OF ASHANTIBILLIE GOT THE HEARTBREAKINGNEWS.>> WE WERE NOTIFIED YESTERDAYTHAT A BODY HAD BEEN FOUND ICHARLOTTE, AND WE WERE FINALLYNOTIFIED TODAY THAT IT WASIDENTIFIED AS ASHANTI MARKAYLABILLIE, OUR DAUGHTER.KAREN: THE FAMILY OF 19-YEAR-OLDASHANTI BILLIE STOOD BEFORE ACROWD OF REPORTERS SATURDAY,AFTER AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED HERBODY HAD BEEN FOUND NEARLY TWOWEEKS AFTER SHE DISAPPEARE>> OUR DESIRES AND OUR PRAYERSWERE ANSWERED.SHE'S HOME.SHE IS HOME WITH GOD AND WE AREOK WITH THAT.WE ARE WELL WITH THAT.KAREN: INVESTIGATORS SAY ALANDSCAPER FOUND HER BODY BEHINDEAST STONEWALL A.M.E ZION CHURCHIN CHARLOTTE.MORE THAN 300 MILES FROM WHERESHE WAS LAST SEEN.BILLIE WENT MISSING MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 18.INVESTIGATORS SAY WAS LAST SEENENTERING A NAVAL BASE IN NORFOLKAROUND 5:00 A.M, SHE WAS ON HERWAY TO A SANDWICH SHOP WHERE SHEWORKED BUT NEVER ARRIVED.AUTHORITIES SAY SHE ALSO DIDN'TATTEND ANY OF HER COLLEGECLASSES.LATER THAT DAY HER CELLPHONE WASFOUND IN A DUMPSTER.HER CAR, SPOTTED AT THE MILITARYBASE THE MORNING SHEDISAPPEARED.FIVE DAYS LATER HERCREAM-COLORED MINI COOPER, FOUNDMILES AWAY ABANDONED.INVESTIGATORS HAVE NO MOTIVE ORSUSPECTS.>> WE TELL EVERYBODY THIS IS NOTONE OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ALLWERE SEEKING, YET WE STAY IN THEFIGHT BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN THEREARE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARESTILL MISSING OUT HERE.>> TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHODECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO TAKEOUR BABY AWAY FROM US AND AW-- INVESTIGATORS ENCOURAGEANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT CANHELP THEM SOLVE THIS CASE TOCALL THE FBI NORFOLK OFFICE.THAT NUMBER IS (757) 455-0100.YOU CAN ALSO SUBMIT AN ANONYMOUSTIP ONLINE AT TIPS.FBI.GOV.IN THE NEWSROOM, KAREN CAMPBELL,WBALTV11 NEWS.

The body of a 19-year-old Maryland woman who disappeared almost two weeks ago has been found more than 300 miles from where she was last seen.

Ashanti Billie disappeared on Sept. 18 and was last seen around 5 a.m. entering the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Norfolk, Virginia. She was on her way to a sandwich shop where she worked, but never arrived.

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Authorities said Billie also didn't attend any of her college classes. Billie, a graduate of Henry Wise High School in Prince George's County, was taking culinary classes at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach.

Later that day, her cellphone was found in a dumpster.

Her car was spotted at the military base the morning she disappeared. Five days later, her cream-colored Mini Cooper was found abandoned miles away.

Investigators said a landscaper found Billie's body behind East Stonewall AME Zion Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.

"We were notified yesterday (Friday) that a body had been found in Charlotte, and we were finally notified today (Saturday) that it was identified as Ashanti Markayla Billie, our daughter," said Billie's mother, Brandy Billie.

"Our desires and our prayers were answered. She's home. She is home with God, and we are OK with that. We are well with that," said Ashanti Billie's father, Meltony Billie.

Investigators have no motive or suspects.

"To the person or persons who decided that they wanted to take our baby away from us and away from everyone that loved her, you're a coward. You don't deserve to breathe that air that she breathed, at all. And Ashanti, baby, we love you, we love you, we love you," Brandy Billie said.

"We tell everybody this is not one of the outcomes that we all were seeking, yet we stay in the fight because, once again, there are other young people that are still missing out here," Meltony Billie said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI Norfolk Office at 757-455-0100, or submit an anonymous tip online at tips.fbi.gov.